Yes, and the fantasy requires an entire system to maintain it, which is not conducive to actual scientific progress.
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I see this group as being part of a deep and real intellectual struggle with the underpinnings of the field.
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I guess a lot of these scientific challenges are longstanding and a lot of people have grappled with them over time, but the current discussion seems fairly dominated by a small group that is ridiculously interconnected and self-referring that it can be an echo chamber.
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But they massively disagree with one another! And the discussion is open. And, in a charitable reading, it would seem unsurprising that those interested in the logical underpinnings would know one another. They are a community in the same way as the V1 people are a community.
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Replying to @KordingLab @twitemp1 and
It's disagreement among club members though. That said, I do think most people have the good intentions and a lot of great work is being done. Perhaps it just self-organises into a strange beast.
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But upon re-reading the thread. I know relatively few of the others. So I guess I am not a full member.
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Replying to @KordingLab @ProfData and
What thread is this you all are discussing?
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Well, if that's the thread, I can officially say that it ain't a club! It's a very organic group (of opinionated people) formed online. I think I only knew, like, 4-5 people prior to Twitter on that thread...
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Also, on that thread, I ultimately found the discussions quite helpful! I joke about my foolishness in engaging, and maybe it didn't alter my opinion in a huge way. But, everyone made me think much harder about the topic and forced me to make my own positions concrete.
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"Club" can be a metaphor for cluster that organically emerges [in another part of this thread I called the whole thing an emergent hype]. 
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Replying to @aidanhorner @tyrell_turing and
I don't like/eat chocolates or biscuits. I feel so unsafe amongst this sweet-toothed cluster!
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